The scorching heat accentuated with undying traffic jams make April one of the toughest months for us Delhi-ites. But this didn’t seem to deter scores of people who had volunteered to distribute pamphlets for the “fight against corruption” campaign. I caught a glimpse of the campaign itself whilst traveling to office on the 5th April ….the legendary red lights of “Raj Ghat” attracted our eyes towards the event which was to unfold a platform to voice public concern.
The fight; which doesn’t involve any political motive. By a person; who doesn’t have any real reason of motivating the people, for the fulfillment of his own desires.
“Kisan Babat Baburao” populary known as Anna Hazare maker of the self sustained village “Ralegan Sindh” is hailed as a man who moved the entire nation to register strong protest against corruption. He is one activist whose contribution has enabled the RTI (Right to information) to be implemented.
We, as representatives of the corporate community – had a duty to show solidarity to those involved by being present. Few of us, who believed in the concept of this movement made our way to the “Jantar Mantar” on April 5th 2011- to elicit our support. A hunger strike was just the beginning – it lasted all of four days: this led to consent by the Government to further discussions on the anti corruption/LokPal Bill.
India has been witness to many a revolution, some of which were respected world-wide. The latest one would definitely transform the nation.
When corruption has become a way of life, someone had to come forward to instigate us to kill the germs of corruption to enable a ‘breathable’ environment for fair survival and growth. This is believed to be made possible through the introduction and implementation of a strong instrument in the parliament to — fight corruption.
We saw a lot of support for the same amongst Indians across all age groups. A few of them told us
“In our country the rich are becoming richer and the poor are getting poorer. How can we not protest against corruption?” asks Tania Basu, a first-year student of mass communications from the Jagan Institute of Management Sciences.
“If Anna can fight the system at 78, we should do so too,” says her batch-mate Kaushik Kumar.
We were glad to witness such an event on the very first day of the initiation which is now turned the face of nation as far as awareness is concerned. This movement is still on and would take many more Anna’s to conclude. The best part is that many more Anna’s were a part of the recent strike which made the government kneel down to accept the flaws and do some substantial work towards cleaning the system!
Author Bio: Aarti Anand leads the Non IT team in Delhi and is responsible for client mining and delivery. You can reach her directly at aarti@adastraconsultants.com
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